This is an analysis of the poem The Wounded Eagle that begins with:
Eagle! this is not thy sphere!
Warrior-bird, what seek'st thou here?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeddaaffccggffhh ddffiifX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000111 10011111 10010101 1110101 10010101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1011111 11101001 1011111 1010101 1111101 1111111 1010101 1010111 011001001 11101001 1111101 10101111 10101111 10011111 1000101 1110011 1010101 1110110 1110111 10101011 0110111 1110111 0111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, and are repeated.
The author used the same word eagle at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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